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Monday, March 18, 2013

Recommended Solutions for Google Reader

(xposted to JennyBakes.com)

Hey you, blog reader. Do you access this blog through Google Reader? If so, you should know that it will be shut down on July 1, 2013. Happy birthday to me! I use Google Reader as my blog and tumblr manager, and follow hundreds, maybe thousands of baking, reading, library, art, and music blogs. At first I was grumpy, but I got some great ideas from friends and colleagues about what to do. I
have culled the suggestions into three solid replacement ideas for the
RSS reader's functionality, and pass them along to you now. Feel free
to share the love.

NewsBlur
Free but not free, but my friend Jeff who has been using it thinks paying is worth it.
He also says: "You
can export your subscriptions into an opml file (from Reader) and then
import them into Newsblur. It's not free for a premium account, but I
don't mind paying for software when I think it's useful and will stick
around."

NetVibes
A "social dashboard."From the person who replaced me at DePauw: "I've
been using Netvibes for years to aggregate RSS feeds into useful tabbed
pages. It's easy to follow and keep up with. You can also create public
pages of your own design. If you use that to subscribe to your own
social media, you can create a centralized portal for others to see what
you're sharing, everywhere. Also has a built-in play for podcast
audio."

The Old Reader
It
looks just like Google Reader before the last update or two. Currently
in beta, but vetted by my friend Jon in Virginia and a LifeHacker post
(thanks Robyn!).

There are several graphic-heavy apps or
platform-specific apps, but I want something I can get to from
everywhere, so I haven't bothered.

I'm hoping The Old Reader will work out. The others all seem like they want to be much more than what I need. But I have to wait for them to finally make it through their import backlog before I can really try it out.

none of these worked for me on my Nook Color: either no app, or way too small to read, or no sharing ability. Bloglovin did not allow me to share from my Nook Color. Could not use Feedly there, tried a bunch of others. The Old Reader way too small to read on my Nook.My favorite is Taptu: no need to install, great interface and sync between my Nook Color (free app) and my PC. see here why I love it: http://wordsandpeace.com/2013/03/18/taptu-best-google-reader-alternative-for-nook-color/